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Killeavy Club News

Killeavy welcome South London from O’Hanlon, King (2), a Barry McKevitt 45, Michael Boyle and Pictured above are twenty young lads and their coaches from Donal O’Neill had us right back in contention. With ten minutes South London who have arrived in Killeavy for a weekend of left there was just a kick of the ball between the teams when football and fun. Some of them might be familiar faces if you the referee amazed everyone in the ground by pointing to the watched the documentary ‘Féile Dreams’ which was broadcast penalty spot after some mysterious infringement. Harps on RTE some months ago and told the story of how they gleefully converted the gift and added three more points in the prepared for and competed in last year’s Féile in Derry. They dying moments to put a barely deserved gloss on the score. will be staying with local families and have a series of events Tonight’s game at home to Madden is a real must‐win for lined up over the next few days starting today with a match Killeavy. With just four points from our first five games, we can against a St. Colman’s school team. Tomorrow they will be stay clear of the relegation zone by taking full points against a joined by Killeavy, Silverbridge and St. Patrick’s, Lordship in a team that has yet to gain anything for their efforts. Failure to four team invitational blitz. Action gets under way at 10.30am win tonight will start the nerves jangling which will not then be and everyone is welcome to show their support. They will leave helped by the visit of next Friday. us on Sunday morning to travel to Derry to take in the Championship game between Derry and Donegal. Juniors stay on top The club would like to thank the main organisers Sharon Reel Our Junior side recorded two wins this week to maintain their and our u14 coaches Ally Murphy and Owen Marmion. We also 100% record and retain a share of top spot in Division 3b. First greatly appreciate the many people either housing our guests or up last Sunday was a comfortable win against O’Hanlon’s, organising refreshments. We look forward to a successful and but it was anything but comfortable against near memorable weekend. neighbours on Wednesday night. The match started well with Chris Hickey lobbing the keeper for a first minute goal. Seniors lose out in Armagh Cathal O’Hara and Conn O’Neill then added two points each Our Senior squad travelled to Armagh with confidence high before Dromintee even got on the scoreboard. Apart from one following two league wins on the trot. They were brought down brilliant double save by Cathal Fearon in the Killeavy nets, it was with a bump however by an Armagh Harps side that were just all one way traffic and the first period ended with Killeavy that little bit more clinical over the hour. Killeavy will look back leading by 2.07 to 0.03 and seemingly in cruise control. on two golden chances for three pointers late in the first and The second half could not have been more different with early in the second half that had the potential to turn the match Killeavy really losing their way as moves collapsed after passes in our favour. Both were missed unfortunately along with went astray or because of some technical infringement. Our several other chances for minor scores. It had started so well indifferent play allowed Dromintee back into the game and a with Ciaran O’Hanlon (2), Gerard Byrne and Johnny McKeefry run of 2.04 with only a Thomas Hannaway point in reply had setting Killeavy into an early lead. A mistake in the Killeavy Killeavy looking nervously towards the final whistle before a defence however let Harps in for a goal and they took this Cathal O’Hara free secured the points. Much better will be momentum to add another eight points in a row before Conor needed next time out in the top of the table clash with King stopped the rot with a well taken point. At the start of the next Wednesday. second half, Killeavy once again came out firing and six points

#OneLifeOneClub Games Roundup There were championship wins for our u21 and u14 footballers and for our u14 camogs this week. The u21s put aside their disappointment at being beaten in their opening round game by demolishing Pearse Og last Friday. This was a much better performance all round by the team though the man of the match was the visiting goalkeeper who kept his side in contention with at least six excellent saves. Our u14 footballers came comfortably through their quarter‐final against the Naomh Lorcan O’Neill’s amalgamation and will now play in the semi‐final. Although Derrynoose beat us early in the season, our squad have made stunning progress over the last few months and should really be up for the semi‐final. Our u14 coaches deserve great credit for the job they are doing with this squad. Pictured above are our u12 girl’s football team that took part in an Ulster On Wednesday, Killeavy’s u14 camogs travelled to Middletown for Development blitz in the GAA complex in Garvaghy, Co. Tyrone last weekend. their championship semi‐final. These girls have worked and trained so hard and from the start of this match, they played with such fire and Gaeltacht Scholarships determination that not only did they win but they achieved the Thirteen young people from the parish will benefit from a part‐ remarkable feat of holding their opponents scoreless. They are now scholarship to the Gaeltacht this summer with the cheques being through to the Championship final next month. delivered over the coming week. Our thanks to everybody who made these scholarships possible through their contributions to the Irish Congratulations to Armagh senior ladies and in particular the Killeavy Language collection at the St. Patrick’s Day Masses. trio of Aileen Matthews, Sinead and Sharon Reel, who have won the National League Division 3 title. The ladies have turned in some great Last week’s Results performances this year and are not a bad outside shout for All‐ Sen Football Armagh Harps 2.14 Killeavy 0.11 honours later this summer. Jun Football O’Hanlon’s 1.06 Killeavy II 3.16 Coming Up Jun Football Dromintee II 2.08 Killeavy II 2.09 Good luck to our six minors Caolan McConville, Cathair u21 C’ship Killeavy 0.20 Pearse Og 2.09 McKinney, Cathal Boylan, Kyle Mallon, Paul Quinn and Míceál u14 C’ship N.L. O’Neill’s 1.00 Killeavy 4.12 McNamee taking on Cavan in the first round of the Ulster u14 Middletown 0.00 Killeavy 3.03 championship in Clones this Sunday evening at 7.00pm. u12 Football Killeavy 5.12 Silverbridge 1.01

This weekend is really busy, especially for our younger players. The Next week’s Fixtures u10 footballers will travel to Kilcoo hoping to repeat their magnificent Fri 23rd Sen Football Killeavy v Madden 7.30pm win in last year’s tournament. Our u12s will travel to Cooley for a Sat 24th u8 Football Carrickcruppen v Killeavy 11.00am tournament there and on Sunday morning our u10 camogs will attend Sat 24th u12 Football St. Patrick’s v Killeavy 4.00pm a blitz in Culloville. Finally the u10 hurlers will take part in the Tue 27th u14 Football St. Peter’s v Killeavy 7.15pm blitz. Wed 28th Jun Football Killeavy II v Belleeks 7.30pm Fri 30th Sen Football Killeavy v Crossmaglen 7.30pm Killeavy’s participation in the National Féile na nGael competition has st been confirmed. This is a tournament hosted by Ulster clubs and Sun 1 u21 C’ship St. Patrick’s v Killeavy 2.00pm attracting entries from all over Ireland, Britain and the US. With all these international visitors running about, it was almost inevitable that Lottery News we have been asked to host St. Kevin’s Camogie Club ‐ all the way from Philipstown in Co. Louth! On Sat 21st June, we will also be joined in 1 10 12 13 Killeavy by teams from Cavan, Carlow, Kerry, Monaghan and Wicklow There was NO winner of the £2,600 Jackpot which will bring great diversity of experiences and skills to share with There were FIVE Match 3 Winners ‐ £25 each our young camogs and hopefully some good displays of camogie skills NAME ADDRESS SELLER for spectators on the day. As usual an undertaking of this size does not Ann Clarke Ferryhill Road Sally Kiernan come easy and a meeting to co‐ordinate our efforts will be held in the Social Club this Tuesday 27th. All offers of help appreciated. Jim McAnuff Parkview Julia McAnuff Annette Cowan c/o Golf Inn Golf Inn As can be seen from the background to the front page picture, there Grace O’Neill c/o Terry Byrne Terry Byrne has been a serious refurbishment to our youth club building. The building opens to the public tonight with our seniors being able to avail Lorna Finnegan c/o Terry Byrne Terry Byrne of the brand new changing room facilities for the first time. News of an Promoter – £25 – Kathleen McKevitt (Mallview) official opening of the building will follow shortly. Prize money this week £150 Tickets are available in the Social Club for anyone wishing to attend the Jackpot Next Week Armagh GAA fundraising concert featuring Derek Ryan in the on May 31st. £2,700

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